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Anar Baghirov

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Work +994 12 492 28 83
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BHM Baku Law Centre

Position

Managing Partner & Director. Specialised in corporate law, dispute resolution, banking and finance, real estate issues, commercial law, tax and property law.

Career

Chairman - Azerbaijan Law Reform Centre NGO (2011- up to date); Advocate- Legal Concultancy Office №12 (2005 - up to date); Partner - BHM Baku Law Centre (2001- up to date); Senior Legal Advisor - Tapet Oil & Gas Co Ltd. (2000 - 2002); Lawyer - Azerbaijan Culture Foundation (1997 - 2000).

Languages

Azeri, English, Russian, Turkish.

Member

Bar Association of the Republic of Azerbaijan since 2005 (elected to the Board of the Bar Association in 2012); Judges Selection Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan; Azerbaijan Lawyers’ Confederation (co-founder and member); Expert of Council of Europe and OSCE office in Baku within several projects.

Education

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (PhD, 2006); Baku State University (LLM in Civil Law, 1999); Baku State University (LLB, 1997). Has been identified as one of the leading lawyers in the CIS by Who’s Who Legal and features in the CIS 2011 edition.

Leisure

Equestrianism, reading, football.

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